Fox Corp. CEO and favored son Lachlan Murdoch prevails in family succession drama
Lachlan Murdoch and his wife, Sarah, arriving for a State Dinner in 2019 honoring then-Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Washington, D.C. (AlastairPike/AFP/Getty Images) The closely watched Murdoch succession drama has ended with a $3.3-billion settlement that gives Lachlan Murdoch control of the family's influential media assets, including Fox News, the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal. Fox Corp. on Monday announced the "mutual resolution" of the legal wrangling that had clouded the f ...